Alexi Lubomirski (born 26 August 1975) is a British

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best known for taking the official photographs of

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and

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for their engagement and their wedding.

Early life

He was born in London, England to an English-Peruvian mother and a Polish-French father and raised between England and

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with his mother. He studied at Arizona State University until 1994 (and now is an Old Waynflete), then he studied at the

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and became

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’s photography assistant.

Later life

He lives in New York City as a

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and has had work published in ''

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US'', ''

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'' (Mexico, Germany, Russia, Spain, Korea, China), Men's Vogue China'', ''Numero Tokyo, W Korea'', '' GQ USA'', and ''Allure''. He has photographed

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, Beyonce,

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and many others. He wrote a book entitled ''Princely Advice for a Happy Life'' for his two sons and it has been translated into six languages. He has also published two books of photographs, ''Decade'' (2014) and ''Diverse Beauty'' (2016). In May 2018, a set of commemorative postage stamps, featuring Lubomirski's official engagement photographs of

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and

, was issued by

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to mark the couple's

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. He photographed the Sussex family again for their 2021 Christmas card, which was also their daughter Lilibet's first publicly released photo.

Family

Lubomirski is the son of Prince Władysław Jan Adam Lubomirski (born 1 January 1949) and his first wife, Eileen Pamela Beardsell (born 1947), an Englishwoman of Peruvian descent.Alex Jan ks. Lubomirski z Lubomierza h. Drużyna (ID: ut.4.2.78)
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was once one of the most prominent princely noble families in Poland and Lithuania. The Lubomirskis used princely titles since Stanisław Lubomirski was created an honorary

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in 1647. The rights to the title were formally recognised in Poland in 1682, and again granted in 1824 in the Russia-ruled

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. They also bore the title of Count of Wisnicz und Jaroslaw. In 1905, 11 males of the Lubomirski family were granted the style of

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in Austria. However, both nobility and usage of noble styles and titles have been abolished in Poland, Russia and Austria. On 8 August 2009 at

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Lubomirski married Giada Lubomirski (''née'' Torri). Together they have two sons. They reside in New York.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lubomirski, Alexi 1975 births Living people English people of Polish descent English people of Peruvian descent British people of Peruvian descent Alumni of the University of Brighton English children's writers Lubomirski family English people of French descent English photographers 20th-century British photographers 21st-century British photographers English emigrants to the United States